[PLUG-TALK] Open source election software from MS. Trustworthy?
Paul Heinlein
heinlein at madboa.com
Tue May 7 16:08:28 UTC 2019
On Tue, 7 May 2019, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Tue, 7 May 2019, Paul Heinlein wrote:
>
>> MS contracted with my former employer, Galois (I was employee
>> number 25), here in Portland for that work. The folks at Galois
>> care very deeply about writing secure code that does nothing other
>> than what it should do. Whatever you think about Microsoft, be
>> sure that the Galois contribution will be state of the art.
>
> Good to know, Paul. According to the article Dick cited, the
> software is not now suitable for use with vote-by-mail systems. Have
> you any insights on whether Galois (or someone else) will fill that
> gap (preferably before next year's elections)?
I haven't worked at Galois for about four years, so the current
specifics of their projects are outside my realm of knowledge. I can
only speak to the culture that permeates the way Galois gets works
done.
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Paul Heinlein
heinlein at madboa.com
45°38' N, 122°6' W
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